West Coast Railways

West Coast Railways

Industry	Locomotive spot-hire Charter train operations
Predecessor	Steamtown Carnforth
Founded	June 1998
Headquarters	Carnforth , England
Key people	David Smith (Majority owner) Patricia Marshall (Managing Director)
Website	www.westcoastrailways.co.uk

West Coast Railways (WCR)^[1] is a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator based at Carnforth MPD in Lancashire. Using buildings and other facilities previously owned by the Steamtown Carnforth visitor attraction, in June 1998 the company became the first privately owned company to be given a licence as a train operating company.